| Magazine Name: |
Charlie Hebdo |
| Magazine name in English: |
The Charlies Weekly |
| Owner: |
Riss, Éric, Portheault |
| Publisher: |
Les Éditions Rotative |
| Country / Region: |
France (Paris) |
| Language: |
French |
| Format type: |
Magazine |
| Category: |
Humour, cartoons |
| Political alignment: |
Left |
| Frequency: |
Weekly |
| Publication Years (print version): |
1970 — now (53 years) |
| ISSN: |
1240-0068 |
| Circulation: |
60,000 (2015) |
| Official Pages: |
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| Official Apps: |
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| Website: |
charliehebdo.fr [read with translation] |
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«Charlie Hebdo» is a French weekly humorous magazine of political satire, which publishes cartoons, comics, jokes, feuilletons, reports on current issues of the week, ridiculing the actions of politicians and leaders, and religion in each issue. Traditionally, it takes a politically left-wing position and is an expression of the French concept of «freedom of speech».
The cartoonish style of presenting information was especially relevant in France during the French Revolution and was a kind of response of ordinary French people to the abuse of those in power. Today, many analysts believe that it has completely outlived its usefulness, turning into a crude parody that has nothing to do with the very real «French cartoonism» and today is more aimed at increasing circulation.
In 1960, the humorous political satire magazine «Hara-Kiri» was founded in France, it was published every month and published many cartoons on political events. In the 1960s, its publication was banned several times, and in 1969 the editors decided to launch a new edition that would continue publishing in the same vein, but under a different name, «Charlie Hebdo» (after the popular comics magazines of the same name). Until 1981, it was published once a month, after which it was closed and resumed its publication only in 1992 as a weekly.
The magazine traditionally uses a rather rude and unethical style of publication (so called «evil journalism»), saying out loud from its pages what is usually not customary to do. For its position, the magazine's editorial staff has been repeatedly criticized and even attacked, which local French newspapers have described as «attacks on freedom of speech». Analogs of this magazine by style of publications: Soviet «Crocodile», American «
Mad», British «Private Eye».
